02877nam 2200613 450 991079723670332120200520144314.00-253-01309-7(CKB)3710000000430896(EBL)2068800(SSID)ssj0001497313(PQKBManifestationID)11844409(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001497313(PQKBWorkID)11493613(PQKB)10091221(MiAaPQ)EBC2068800(OCoLC)911179721(MdBmJHUP)muse48285(Au-PeEL)EBL2068800(CaPaEBR)ebr11064693(PPN)199793980(EXLCZ)99371000000043089620150625h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrArt and devotion at a Buddhist temple in the Indian Himalaya /Melissa R. KerinBloomington, Indiana ;Indianapolis, Indiana :Indiana University Press,2015.©20151 online resource (280 p.)Contemporary Indian StudiesBased on the author's dissertation (Ph. D.--University of Pennsylvania, 2008).0-253-01306-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Nako's sociopolitical history and artistic heritage -- Forgetting to remember: Gyapagpa Temple's shifting identity -- Mapping Drigung activity at Nako and in the western Himalaya -- Gyapagpa's temple painting style and its antecedents -- Origin and meaning of a revival painting tradition.Sixteenth-century wall paintings in a Buddhist temple in the Tibetan cultural zone of northwest India are the focus of this innovative and richly illustrated study. Initially shaped by one set of religious beliefs, the paintings have since been reinterpreted and retraced by a later Buddhist community, subsumed within its religious framework and communal memory. Melissa Kerin traces the devotional, political, and artistic histories that have influenced the paintings' production and reception over the centuries of their use. Her interdisciplinary approach combines art historical methods with insContemporary Indian studies.Buddhist mural painting and decorationIndiaNako16th centuryBuddhist art and symbolismIndiaNakoNako (India)CivilizationKinnaur (India)CivilizationBuddhist mural painting and decorationBuddhist art and symbolism755/.943095452Kerin Melissa R.1534053MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797236703321Art and devotion at a Buddhist temple in the Indian Himalaya3781278UNINA